“Fifteen Things That Hipsters Have Ruined,” Patricia Calhoun, November 14 From Hip to Zip “Hipster” is another word for U.S. culture’s creative class. I’m a member of it, and we’re not ruining anything. Cool stuff in cool space for cool people. You guys sound like you’re joining that anti-left-disguised-as-anti-what-I-don’t-know cultural…
Yes, the Denver Broncos are now helmed by John Elway, a well-known conservative booster and outspoken past supporter of Republican presidential candidates. And, yes, the team drafted Tim Tebow, champion of the religious right. Oh, and yes, if God wasn’t a Broncos fan, then sunsets wouldn’t be orange and blue…
Right up until everything fell apart last May, Luette Frost thought the deal was actually going to happen. The seed that she and a few others had planted, then nurtured for five years, was ready to bear fruit. Frost had moved to Alamosa in 2002 as the coordinator of a…
Dear Stoner: This summer I was charged with marijuana DUI after a trooper stopped me for swerving on I-70 on the way to the mountains (I was actually looking at my cell phone for directions). The officer instructed me to do roadsides (which I passed with flying colors), submit to…
Just before dusk, eighteen strangers entered a yurt on a Midwestern homestead. Peruvian tapestries decorated the walls of the large, round structure, and rattles stood poised for ceremony. The participants — professional men and women ages 35 to 65 – put on comfortable clothing and set up sleeping bags, pillows…
The Town of Vail may have banned recreational marijuana stores, but the Eagle County commissioners this week agreed to allow pot shops to open in unincorporated parts of the county. So Eagle County now joins neighbor and fellow tourist magnet Summit County in allowing recreational pot sales. The two yes…
The responses to our post about Austin Sigg, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, were passionate and strongly felt, particularly when it came to the topic of whether he deserved to receive the death penalty for his crimes. The following reader…
Denver blog posts are open-and-shut cases. On our Cafe Society blog, Isa Jones confirms the closure of Colorado’s three Champps Americana restaurants. Colorado Peak Politics is pretty excited about a poll suggesting big challenges for John Hickenlooper if he wants to be reelected. At Mile High Mamas, Kendra Scott recaps…
We recently spoke with Dean Singleton about his decision to retire as MediaNews Group chairman and Denver Post publisher next month. Regarding the latter, Singleton said, “It’s Mac’s newspaper now.” Mac is Post CEO Mac Tully, Singleton’s successor as publisher — and the man charged with overseeing a just-announced metered…
Although Tim Tebow hasn’t been a Denver Bronco since March 2012, when he was traded to the New York Jets, he remains a favorite of many in these parts, since he achieved his greatest professional glory wearing orange and blue. And even though he’s out of football at the moment,…
Earlier this week, we told you about how legendary Glendale strip club Shotgun Willie’s was auctioning off some of its unwanted items in the wake of its move to a brand new building right next door to the old one. The items up for bid included light-up dance stages complete…
What’s among the quickest ways for a district attorney to undermine his credibility when it comes to prosecuting crimes? To commit crimes himself. That’s precisely what John Mehlig, a Montrose-based deputy district attorney for the 7th Judicial District, is accused of doing. He’s been busted for DUI — the third…
This particular state has made its mark on the silver screen, as we’ve documented in posts featuring the top ten movies filmed in Colorado, ten memorable movies set in Colorado but not filmed here and the ten biggest Hollywood misses filmed in Colorado. But what about those with Colorado connections…
Vail’s Lindsey Vonn has been everywhere lately — flirting with David Letterman, inspiring a bizarre Halloween costume on ESPN’s Pardon The Interruption, even hanging on the sideline of Sunday’s Broncos-Chiefs game with main squeeze Tiger Woods. But now, she’s making the wrong kind of news. When she underwent surgery for…
Each post in our Mile High Murder archive is heartbreaking. But the death of nineteen-month-old Mia McKoy-Phanthavongsa is among the most tragic we’ve ever recounted. The working theory: Mia’s father, Merrick McKoy, age 22, took a self-portrait of the two of them, posted it to Facebook, then killed the beautiful…
We were surprised by the response to our recent Comment of the Day highlighting a reader who thinks DIA’s blue Mustang looks like a veiny penis. Some respondents were offended by the comparison and jumped to the Mustang’s defense, while others seriously considered it. And the following take quite simply…
Denver blog posts are flush with success. Denver Egotist shares a Denver take on how to celebrate World Toilet Day — by saving water. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson shares crazy scenes fromthe Denver Espolon Cocktail Fights. Colorado Pols is glad Roseanne Barr is not president. Wonder how…
Update: Austin Sigg has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of ten-year-old Westminster girl Jessica Ridgeway, and while he’s technically eligible for parole after forty years, he’s been ordered to serve another consecutive sentence of 86 years. The announcement of Sigg’s punishment follows more than a day’s…
Flanked by environmental leaders and energy industry executives, Governor John Hickenlooper has unveiled tough new regulations for reducing methane emissions and other pollution from oil and gas drilling across the state. Leaning hard on words like “partnership” and “shared interest,” the governor stressed that the new rules would insure that…
Over the years, we’ve documented numerous medical marijuana dispensary robberies, with most taking place after hours and many of them inept — like a 2012 heist that netted a broken scale and $8 from the karma jar. But a recent Longmont dispensary stick-up last week was scarier, featuring two masked…
Last week, we told you about the arrest of Kenneth Ruggieri on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly shooting at a man with whom he’d been involved in a minor traffic accident — and the Lakewood cops’ belief that the victim, Paul Jones, had brought much of the trouble upon…
The Human Rights Campaign has just released an ambitious study entitled the Municipal Equality Index. The goal: to grade cities across the country when it comes to LGBT inclusivity in municipal law. Of the 291 cities analyzed, four were from Colorado: Denver, Boulder, Aurora and Colorado Springs. Of the quartet,…
